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i'm getting more deficit reduction. so the deficit will go down more by passing this than if we did nothing. that's point you number one. point number two, there are no tax increases here. point number try, we're finally starting to deal with auto pilot spending, that mandatory spending that has not been addressed by congress for years. look, this isn't easy. >> so congressman, democrats are giving up some stuff in this. is paul ryan wrong that what are you getting is not enough to push you over the edge with this bill? >> we are a little disadvantaged, we haven't seen the full details. but as i understand it, spending will be up higher. but this isn't an unprecedented deal. this happened in december 2011 and it happened last december as well. every time there's some bipartisan agreement, there's more spending in washington. they did the same thing each december, and i think at the end of the day as was indicated by senator rubio, this doesn't get to the heart of the problem which is spending. moving it a few dollars is
i'm getting more deficit reduction. so the deficit will go down more by passing this than if we did nothing. that's point you number one. point number two, there are no tax increases here. point number try, we're finally starting to deal with auto pilot spending, that mandatory spending that has not been addressed by congress for years. look, this isn't easy. >> so congressman, democrats are giving up some stuff in this. is paul ryan wrong that what are you getting is not enough to push...
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trade deficit was much larger than expected. that is the main cause for the current account balance deficit in october. the current account is not expected to continue in deficit. the weaker yen, that is pushing up energy costs. the trade deficit is expected to continue for the foreseeable future. even with the weaker yen, this'll push up export, but not enough to counter the effect of the higher cost of oil and gas. we are seeing an increase of consumer goods and the materials for housing and consumers to buy more. year, you willt see a lot more. that will push up the trade deficit even more. james in tokyo. thank you. program,g ahead on the the icing on the cake for the baking industry. more on that coming up later. and jpmorgan with a strong performance. when "asiaad to that edge" returns. ♪ .> breaking news an ipo is said to take place in everbright.r billionssaid to seek in hong kong dollars in shares sales. let's see what else is going on. positive news coming out of the u.s. on friday, helping wall street. john? five se
trade deficit was much larger than expected. that is the main cause for the current account balance deficit in october. the current account is not expected to continue in deficit. the weaker yen, that is pushing up energy costs. the trade deficit is expected to continue for the foreseeable future. even with the weaker yen, this'll push up export, but not enough to counter the effect of the higher cost of oil and gas. we are seeing an increase of consumer goods and the materials for housing and...
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fiscal deficit. >> david, rapidly shrinking, the deficit is going down. $17 trilli $17 trillion debt and a deficit higher than the one he received from his predecessor? >> the debt is higher. we would be in much better economic shape and young people would have better job opportunities if we weren't shrinking so fast. we have gone from 10%, basically what he inherited down to 4% of the economy and on the way down to 2% by the end of the president's term. if he were not to doing this about spending and we were invest can in the future, in education, research, we are seeing american research going to china and we are not spending tax dollars on basic research, which corporations don't do. >> that's always been done by government. so, neither the finding about young people is surprising, nor is the president's focus. yeah, we have brought down the deficit is what he is saying, significantly, 90% of americans seem to be unaware of this. million americans receiving disability benefits. 47 million on food stamps? >> yeah. >> torn in 4 million on long-term, getting unemployment benefits. th
fiscal deficit. >> david, rapidly shrinking, the deficit is going down. $17 trilli $17 trillion debt and a deficit higher than the one he received from his predecessor? >> the debt is higher. we would be in much better economic shape and young people would have better job opportunities if we weren't shrinking so fast. we have gone from 10%, basically what he inherited down to 4% of the economy and on the way down to 2% by the end of the president's term. if he were not to doing this...
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i'm getting more deficit reduction. so the deficit will go down more by passing this than if we did nothing. that's point number one. point number two, there are no tax increases here. point number three, we're finally starting to deal with auto pilot spending. that mandatory spending that has not been addressed by congress for years. this isn't easy. this is the first divided government budget agreement since 1986. the reason why we haven't done a budget agreement when both houses were controlled by other parties since 1986 is because it's not easy to do. we're not going to get everything that we want and she's not going to get everything that she wants. >> what if they reject it. >> i think we'll pass there though the house. we'll go first given our schedules. we'll post this on our website this evening and we intend to bring it to the house floor later this week. i have every reason to expect great support from our caucus. we're keeping our key principles. no one here had to sacrifice their core principles. our princ
i'm getting more deficit reduction. so the deficit will go down more by passing this than if we did nothing. that's point number one. point number two, there are no tax increases here. point number three, we're finally starting to deal with auto pilot spending. that mandatory spending that has not been addressed by congress for years. this isn't easy. this is the first divided government budget agreement since 1986. the reason why we haven't done a budget agreement when both houses were...
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we have budget deficits that have improved but they have not disappeared and we have deficits in education and innovation and infrastructure that continue to widen. we know we need comprehensive tax reform, comprehensive immigration reform. there is a lot more for congress to do. so this deal doesn't solve all of our problems but i think it is an important step in helping to heal some of the wounds here in congress, to rebuild some trust and show that we can do something without a crisis right around the corner. and dom on straight the value in making our government work for the people we represent. so when all of this is done, i am very proud to stand with chairman ryan or anyone else who wants to work on this bipartisan foundation to continue addressing our nation's challenges. nothing is easy here but i know the american people expect nothing less. i want to take a minute to especially change chairman ryan. he and i do have some major differences. we cheer for a different football team. clearly. we catch different fish. we have some differences on policies. but we agree that our country
we have budget deficits that have improved but they have not disappeared and we have deficits in education and innovation and infrastructure that continue to widen. we know we need comprehensive tax reform, comprehensive immigration reform. there is a lot more for congress to do. so this deal doesn't solve all of our problems but i think it is an important step in helping to heal some of the wounds here in congress, to rebuild some trust and show that we can do something without a crisis right...
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but to end the deficit we need growth. economic growth. that's why we had surpluses at the end of the clinton administration, because we had growth. part of the reason the deficit is likely to come down the future to some degree is because the economy looks better over the longer term than we thought it was going to be. but you still have to make these tough political decisions. if the president had early on taken the bull sense proposal which is deficit reduction group that he had appointed and headed from the state of the union message okay they've given us this proposal. congress, go to work on it and get me a budget by july, six months from now. early in his career as president it might have changed the paradigm. >> one thing that was in the congressional in-box, you're going to tell us, may not be there any more. have they come to an agreement on the military appropriations. >> they have the national defense authorization has come an agreement. they announced they're going to fast track it to get it done before the house leaves at the
but to end the deficit we need growth. economic growth. that's why we had surpluses at the end of the clinton administration, because we had growth. part of the reason the deficit is likely to come down the future to some degree is because the economy looks better over the longer term than we thought it was going to be. but you still have to make these tough political decisions. if the president had early on taken the bull sense proposal which is deficit reduction group that he had appointed...
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. >> there is a fundamental difference between short-term deficits and an structural deficits. the short-term deficits largely were inherited by the rock obama -- barack obama and we need to understand its short-term deficits are understandable because we are in a recession and we have to undeclared wars and a number of bailouts and unemployment is very high. so he made it very clear that he wants to try to take the steps to try to get the economy going on in consistent basis and bring unemployment down. he is going to propose a number of tax cuts or tax preferences as well as spending increases to try to do that and that may exacerbate the short-term but then he pivoted which i think is important to talk about the structural deficit. and that is what threatens the state. it's not the ice that is above the water. it's the ice that is below the water. it's not the debt on the balance sheet, it is what is off the balance sheet that disrupts the future and he talked about three things, he talked about freezing a portion of discretionary spending, less than 20% of the federal budge
. >> there is a fundamental difference between short-term deficits and an structural deficits. the short-term deficits largely were inherited by the rock obama -- barack obama and we need to understand its short-term deficits are understandable because we are in a recession and we have to undeclared wars and a number of bailouts and unemployment is very high. so he made it very clear that he wants to try to take the steps to try to get the economy going on in consistent basis and bring...
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and these deficits have to be paid to pay these deficits with cuts in the public spending were necessary. expenses hits were social expenses unfortunately. in doing that we cut spending including social spending and that obviously had a negative effect on health education and social housing report obviously. this took place at a time when natur was in power in the u.k. and reagan in the us. it was really the law of the markets. and so the economists of the i.m.f. and the world bank and in a lot of other countries even bilateral cooperation said allow real prices to rule and all problems will be solved. i think that by doing that we did a lot of harm mainly because we didn't know ways to understand the economic policy of these countries. once the structural adjustments were imposed by creditors namely the world bank and i.m.f. it was like hell on earth here. at the hospital everything had become. the consultation you have to pay to see the doctor to get more syringe is more alcohol . i mean it was hell people often died from curable diseases. and people in poor health who have no access t
and these deficits have to be paid to pay these deficits with cuts in the public spending were necessary. expenses hits were social expenses unfortunately. in doing that we cut spending including social spending and that obviously had a negative effect on health education and social housing report obviously. this took place at a time when natur was in power in the u.k. and reagan in the us. it was really the law of the markets. and so the economists of the i.m.f. and the world bank and in a lot...
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fiscal deficit. [ applause ] >> so that's step one towards restoring mobility. making sure our economy is growing faster. step two is making sure we empower more americans with the skills and education they need to compete in a highly competitive global economy. we know that education is the most important predictor of income today. so we launched a race to the top in our schools. we're supporting states that have raised standards for teaching and learning, we're pushing for redesigned high schools that graduate kids with in demand high-tech skills. we know it's harder to find a job today without some higher education, so we have helped more students go to college with grants and loans that go father than before. we have made it more practical to repay those loans. we're also pursuing an aggressive strategy to promote innovation that reigns in tuition costs. we have got to lower costs so that young people are not burdened by enormous debt when they make the right decision to get higher education. and next week michelle and i will bring together college president
fiscal deficit. [ applause ] >> so that's step one towards restoring mobility. making sure our economy is growing faster. step two is making sure we empower more americans with the skills and education they need to compete in a highly competitive global economy. we know that education is the most important predictor of income today. so we launched a race to the top in our schools. we're supporting states that have raised standards for teaching and learning, we're pushing for redesigned...
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more deficit reduction. so the deficit will go down more by passing this than if we did nothing. that's point number one. point number two, there are no tax increases here. point number three, we're finally starting to deal with autopilot spending. that mandatory spending that has not been addressed by congress for years. this isn't easy. this is the first divided budget agreement since 1986. the reason we haven't done one is because it's not easy to do. so we know we're not going to get everything we want and she's not going to get everything she wants. [ inaudible question ] i think conservatives should vote for it. i expect we will have a healthy vote. i think we will pass this through the house. we're going to go first given our schedules. we will post this on our website this evening and we intend to bring it to the house floor later on this week. i have every reason to expect great support from our caucus because we are keeping our principles. the key here is nobody had to sacrifice their core principles. our principles are don't raise taxes, reduce the deficit. we also hav
more deficit reduction. so the deficit will go down more by passing this than if we did nothing. that's point number one. point number two, there are no tax increases here. point number three, we're finally starting to deal with autopilot spending. that mandatory spending that has not been addressed by congress for years. this isn't easy. this is the first divided budget agreement since 1986. the reason we haven't done one is because it's not easy to do. so we know we're not going to get...
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the deficit cannot be cured by these big spending programs like health care, etc. and in my opinion, it sounds a lot like -- [inaudible] >> guest: i didn't get that, but -- >> host: all right, let us take a question from twitter. please explain why federal government has co-mingled social security and medicare with general budget funded by different systems. >> guest: well, social security is funded by a payroll tax, and part of ped care is funded by the payroll tax. the money is accounted for separately, but it is all part of the federal government. social security is, after all, a federal government program. the tax is a federal tax, and the benefits come out of the treasury. so, you know, it is important to account for it separately since we have a dedicated payroll tax for that purpose. but it is, you're, ideally -- you know, ideally we should be balancing the -- balance the budget at the moment, but ideally it would be good if we could say social security was completely off budget. and technically speaking, it is off budget. but as i said, it's money that come
the deficit cannot be cured by these big spending programs like health care, etc. and in my opinion, it sounds a lot like -- [inaudible] >> guest: i didn't get that, but -- >> host: all right, let us take a question from twitter. please explain why federal government has co-mingled social security and medicare with general budget funded by different systems. >> guest: well, social security is funded by a payroll tax, and part of ped care is funded by the payroll tax. the money...
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as they were concentrated on deficit reduction and did not see the connection between deficit reduction and growth. they thought deficit reduction was a great policy. that was the mistake. they could not think in these dynamic terms. thaty do you not think this recovery will become a more broad-based recovery? there is some evidence that the export story is improving, manufacturing data has been improving. that data -- they are largely u.k. generated. it is internal rather than export. basic have to go back to theory. there are two drivers of economic growth. investment and there is consumption. you have got to look at what is happening to both of those components. and then you have to ask what are the chances that they will grow. i do not think investment -- it may have picked up a little bit. it is still very much lower than it was in 2007 in 2008. as for consumption, there has been a big decline in real earnings. over the last five years. >> how do we deal with that? this could come back to the tax story. >> that comes back to the tax story, it comes back to the way national insuranc
as they were concentrated on deficit reduction and did not see the connection between deficit reduction and growth. they thought deficit reduction was a great policy. that was the mistake. they could not think in these dynamic terms. thaty do you not think this recovery will become a more broad-based recovery? there is some evidence that the export story is improving, manufacturing data has been improving. that data -- they are largely u.k. generated. it is internal rather than export. basic...
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trade deficit has exploded. since nafta and w.t.o., we have lost over five million of our manufacturing jobs, 40,000 factories gone and real wages down across the economy. in fact, true audit, our export growth to countries we do not have fast track trade agreements with is actually 38% higher than those with which we do have the fast track agreements. myth number three, every president since roosevelt has had t.p.a. warning, trick acronym. t.p.a. also is an acronym for trade promotion authority. the cynical renaming of fast track. reciprocal the trade authority act. and that is a mechanism president roosevelt had that only pertained to tariffs. yes, it is true from 1934, the reciprocal tariff act had tariff proclamation authority, t.p.a., totally different thing than the t.p.a. that equals fast track. truth, a handful of presidents since nixon has had fast track. and now for the politics. the question is, will this house of representatives give president obama this extraordinary authority to push through the tr
trade deficit has exploded. since nafta and w.t.o., we have lost over five million of our manufacturing jobs, 40,000 factories gone and real wages down across the economy. in fact, true audit, our export growth to countries we do not have fast track trade agreements with is actually 38% higher than those with which we do have the fast track agreements. myth number three, every president since roosevelt has had t.p.a. warning, trick acronym. t.p.a. also is an acronym for trade promotion...
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none of them want a trade deficit. the country with the largest trade deficit on the planet is america. and this is going to ask american workers to compete with workers in brunei, with workers in vietnam. that just can't happen. and i think this is going to be a bad deal. and there are issues in that deal. what do we do about state-owned enterprises? we're going to compete against a country, company against a country? what are we going to do about currency manipulation? all of these things are in the competitive market. this is a bad deal being negotiated in secret. i'm glad you're exposing it. >> explain where president obama is on this. he has stated that he wants to get fast tracked before the end of the year. >> i don't think we can give them fast track. these kind of trade deals -- let's back up a bit. these are treaties between countries. and a treaty should come to congress. they tried to bypass congress by having so-called fast track. they cut congress right out of the deal. and i want my congress person wheth
none of them want a trade deficit. the country with the largest trade deficit on the planet is america. and this is going to ask american workers to compete with workers in brunei, with workers in vietnam. that just can't happen. and i think this is going to be a bad deal. and there are issues in that deal. what do we do about state-owned enterprises? we're going to compete against a country, company against a country? what are we going to do about currency manipulation? all of these things are...
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and these deficits have to be paid to pay these deficits with cuts in the public spending when necessary the first expenses hits were social expenses unfortunately. in doing that we cut spending including social spending and that obviously had a negative effect on health education and social housing report obviously. this took place at a time when that chair was in power in the u.k. and reagan in the us. it was really the law of the markets. and so the economists of the i.m.f. the world bank and in a lot of other countries even bilateral cooperation said allow real prices to rule and all problems will be solved. i think that by doing that we did a lot of harm mainly because we didn't know ways to understand the economic policy of these countries. once the structural adjustments were imposed by creditors namely the world bank and i.m.f. it was like hell on earth here. at the hospital everything had become. the consultation you have to pay to see the doctor to get more syringe is more alcohol . i mean it was hell people often died from curable diseases. and people in poor health who have n
and these deficits have to be paid to pay these deficits with cuts in the public spending when necessary the first expenses hits were social expenses unfortunately. in doing that we cut spending including social spending and that obviously had a negative effect on health education and social housing report obviously. this took place at a time when that chair was in power in the u.k. and reagan in the us. it was really the law of the markets. and so the economists of the i.m.f. the world bank...
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it is time to stop the obsession with deficits and start an obsession about middle-class job creation. >> well, governor granholm, i'm going to give the president credit for these numbers -- >> stop the presses -- >> but this nation is still woefully unemployed. he has to take credit for that, too. i know his numbers could not have come at a better time for an administration that's had a rough couple months. in the crossfire tonight, a pair of economic experts, david madlin director of the american worker project for the center of political progress. >> and david, let me start with you. even though this morning's jobs numbers sound really good. a lot of people are just giving up and stopping looking for jobs. they're going on disability. the dependency on government has absolutely ballooned until this quote/unquote recovery. i think folks in your camp want more dependence on government, yes? >> no, we want jobs. >> but how dots there? >> in fact you follow the president's agenda, which has created 45 straight months of job growth. that is going the right direction. >> it's not fast en
it is time to stop the obsession with deficits and start an obsession about middle-class job creation. >> well, governor granholm, i'm going to give the president credit for these numbers -- >> stop the presses -- >> but this nation is still woefully unemployed. he has to take credit for that, too. i know his numbers could not have come at a better time for an administration that's had a rough couple months. in the crossfire tonight, a pair of economic experts, david madlin...
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>> you can do the deficit spending, but is there a better way? and some of us have been working on this international initiative where the goal is to find the programs that we need an and find the novel funding and discourage the kind of things like this as well. so we all know that this led to the recession. the very few participate in these investments and i doubt that any of you went and bought a lot of mortgage-backed securities and so on. so the idea to place this small fee which is based on this old idea that on the highest risk, the hedge funds and others that are participating in this and it seems incredibly small when we are transacting hundreds of millions of dollars on the order of $5 billion and more. and the pool of that money will naturally increase as people are undergoing this and you'll end up with this and the reason was i would argue for such a system and we may be in a unique time and it's not that unique. if you look at the times of recession ended it certainly, over the last several years or decades, it's actually somewhat s
>> you can do the deficit spending, but is there a better way? and some of us have been working on this international initiative where the goal is to find the programs that we need an and find the novel funding and discourage the kind of things like this as well. so we all know that this led to the recession. the very few participate in these investments and i doubt that any of you went and bought a lot of mortgage-backed securities and so on. so the idea to place this small fee which is...
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trade deficit as bloated. since nafta and wto we've lost over 5 million of our manufacturing jobs from a 40,000 factories gone, and real wages down across the economy. in fact, true honesty, our exports rose to countries we do not have fast-track trade agreements with, actually 38 percent higher than those with which we do. myth number three, every president since roosevelt has said tpa. morning, trick, acronym. tpa also is an acronym for trade promotion authority, a cynical renaming a fast track, but it is also the reciprocal tariff act is called trade promotion the tory. and that is a mechanism president roosevelt had that only pertained to tariffs. the estimate is true, from 1934 the reciprocal tariff act had tariff, proclamation a story, tpa. a totally different thing than what equals fast track. true. a handful of president since nixon have had fast track. for the politics, the question is will this house of representatives give president obama this extraordinary authority to push through the trans pacifi
trade deficit as bloated. since nafta and wto we've lost over 5 million of our manufacturing jobs from a 40,000 factories gone, and real wages down across the economy. in fact, true honesty, our exports rose to countries we do not have fast-track trade agreements with, actually 38 percent higher than those with which we do. myth number three, every president since roosevelt has said tpa. morning, trick, acronym. tpa also is an acronym for trade promotion authority, a cynical renaming a fast...
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why did this payments deficit occur? dr. joan spero, senior vice-president, corporate affairs at american express. a payments deficit emerged in the late 1960s for three fundamental reasons. the u.s. economy was heating up due to the war in vietnam and due to expenditures on the gat society, and had inflaon at home. as the dollar became overvalued, we began to suck in more imports and we began to export less in relation to imports. so we went into "balance of trade" deficit, finally, in 1971. and the third factor is the capital outflows from the u.s., which continued throughout the 1960s for investment reasons and for financial flows. schoumacher: where a decade before there had been an international dollar shortage, now the world faced a dollar glut. this overwhelming supply of dollars piled up in the vaults of foreign central banks. these banks began to redeem dollars for american gold. between 1964 and 1966, u.s. gold reserves dropped by $2 billion. e u.s. really d not know what to do about the dollar in the late 1960s, a
why did this payments deficit occur? dr. joan spero, senior vice-president, corporate affairs at american express. a payments deficit emerged in the late 1960s for three fundamental reasons. the u.s. economy was heating up due to the war in vietnam and due to expenditures on the gat society, and had inflaon at home. as the dollar became overvalued, we began to suck in more imports and we began to export less in relation to imports. so we went into "balance of trade" deficit, finally,...
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these upgrades are critically and reduction of the deficit. he would reduce the deficit by 10%. the hope is he can do more on that. have a lot of married couples and free school meals for kids. of course, the tapering with energy -- what will the impact be? [laughter] >> we would not want you to be chilly. that was manus cranny live from westminster. we will bring you a speech -- osborne's speech live. >> the ecb will publish its decision following last month's surprise rate cut. focus will be on mario draghi. here witherro is details. >> it is hard to follow manus cranny. [laughter] let's talk about these forecast. a reason many people thought they would cut a rate this month and not last month. the rate cut would come with the company forecast. what we will get is something as bright as the u.k.'s forecast. they currently predict one percent growth for next year at inflation is at 1.3%. that is well below the 2% target. it is important. it might sound a long way off. we know that dally on swift guidance -- dalliance on guidance -- you might get some color on that. >> and defla
these upgrades are critically and reduction of the deficit. he would reduce the deficit by 10%. the hope is he can do more on that. have a lot of married couples and free school meals for kids. of course, the tapering with energy -- what will the impact be? [laughter] >> we would not want you to be chilly. that was manus cranny live from westminster. we will bring you a speech -- osborne's speech live. >> the ecb will publish its decision following last month's surprise rate cut....
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get us growth slowdown going forward, we might not see the fiscal contraction of the deficit that we really need. essentially our spending habit 's have not changed that much. we have been in austerity for so long, it was a shame that it was not more structural change. >> what does it mean for sterling capitol when you look at the top 10 currencies. this is against the other nine. can its strength continue. >> it depends on the bank of england. if it threatens the inflation target of two percent, we have target. inflation and this could force the hand because the strong pound could all of a sudden having a real problem of their policy. now, there is a real threat of that sum will push this into deflationary territory. is that real concern for the bank of england? >> it is not on their forecasts at the moment that we have seen such a huge appreciation of sterling already. at 164 level does look very sticky. it will take a little to push us up there. if we were to see a 500 moving. >> thank you. we will get her thoughts on the ecb. >> fellow south africans, our beloved nelson mandela,
get us growth slowdown going forward, we might not see the fiscal contraction of the deficit that we really need. essentially our spending habit 's have not changed that much. we have been in austerity for so long, it was a shame that it was not more structural change. >> what does it mean for sterling capitol when you look at the top 10 currencies. this is against the other nine. can its strength continue. >> it depends on the bank of england. if it threatens the inflation target...
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japan's trade deficit is continuing. -- current-account deficit people are saying there is not going to be a permanent one but the trade deficit is going to continue for the foreseeable future. some economists have said the import ahead of the sales tax rise -- people are importing more housing materials and other products because people are expected to by those in the next five or six months. factor another temporary which is causing this deficit. >> thank you, james. down going to be breaking the latest economic data from china. ."ming up next on "on the move ♪ the scene at the moment at the imperial palace in tokyo. we had some weaker than expected growth. 1.9% up.economists say a weaker yen just above the 103 level helping exporters. take a look at what is going on with some of the others, metal zinc and aluminum on the way down. seng the gains of hang after 11 minutes of the trading day. out a inflation figures short while ago, fairly benign. less thanng up by october's figures would indicate. 2013 is on track to be one of the best years in a decade for u.s. stocks. analysis s
japan's trade deficit is continuing. -- current-account deficit people are saying there is not going to be a permanent one but the trade deficit is going to continue for the foreseeable future. some economists have said the import ahead of the sales tax rise -- people are importing more housing materials and other products because people are expected to by those in the next five or six months. factor another temporary which is causing this deficit. >> thank you, james. down going to be...
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the mandatory spending programs, get a net deficit reduction package. if they can get that's a good deal. >> but they can't. of course you're right about the defense and buck mccann is right. if you look at the line, if you look at the base line, they're up 19% over the next bunch of years out the 2021 or something. 2014 they take another hit. i get that. however from that base it rises about 18 or 19%. that's pretty good. >> the other argument for getting the deal is that these discretionary cuts are written on paper. every congress can undo them. if you start changing the federal retirement program, it sticks. if you start changing aviation fees it sticks. if you change the mandatory programs like farm or spectrum rights they stick. you change the long term as well as the short term. it's worth trying to get a deal. not every deal is acceptable. the parties are very far apart on the big items. so if there's a small deal where you can get enough overlap and get each side to take some bad votes it's worth trying to get it done. >> let me go back to you
the mandatory spending programs, get a net deficit reduction package. if they can get that's a good deal. >> but they can't. of course you're right about the defense and buck mccann is right. if you look at the line, if you look at the base line, they're up 19% over the next bunch of years out the 2021 or something. 2014 they take another hit. i get that. however from that base it rises about 18 or 19%. that's pretty good. >> the other argument for getting the deal is that these...
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you want to talk about the deficit. this will not go away. are people actually concerned about high deductibles? >> you certainly have a lot of republicans who will talk about it. there talking about the problems with healthcare.gov and they are also talking about the way the rubber meets the road. the prices that they are paying for premiums that are out there and the deductibles are going up as well. this is another talking point for them. they have criticized the health care law. we will have several members on capitol hill and this is one of the questions they will have to answer. rollout, theo the website is operating better. they will make this point over and over. >> lawmakers actually have a deadline of their own to sign up for the affordable care act. how is that going? >> there is actually a different website. technically, they are members of a small business. that is the congress of the united states. they are operating off of the d.c. exchange. the deadline is december 23. december 9 is the deadline for members of congress underst
you want to talk about the deficit. this will not go away. are people actually concerned about high deductibles? >> you certainly have a lot of republicans who will talk about it. there talking about the problems with healthcare.gov and they are also talking about the way the rubber meets the road. the prices that they are paying for premiums that are out there and the deductibles are going up as well. this is another talking point for them. they have criticized the health care law. we...
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i'm getting more deficit reduction. so the deficit will go down more than if we did nothing. point number two, there are no tax increases here. point number three, we're finally starting to deal with auto pilot spending, that mandatory spending that has not been addressed by congress for years. look, this isn't easy. this is the first divided government budget agreement since 1986. the reason we haven't done a budget agreement since '86 is because it's not easy to do. so we know we're not going to get everything we want and she's not going to get everything we want. >>> all right. so there you have it. a major, major deal, words you don't often here in washington, d.c. right now. compromise. and as you heard paul ryan say, a step in the right drink, although there will be plenty of conservatives who won't be happy with this deal. there will be some liberals who won't be happy with it as well. it's still got to pass the house of representatives, pass the senate, go to the president for his signature. if it passes, there will not be a government shutdown in january. we'll be ri
i'm getting more deficit reduction. so the deficit will go down more than if we did nothing. point number two, there are no tax increases here. point number three, we're finally starting to deal with auto pilot spending, that mandatory spending that has not been addressed by congress for years. look, this isn't easy. this is the first divided government budget agreement since 1986. the reason we haven't done a budget agreement since '86 is because it's not easy to do. so we know we're not going...
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was one who pulled it was two hundred deficit will for what it was when bush razi zero it went from zero zero under all the way up to one hundred zero under bill clinton yes and during that went from zero flowed way up to four hundred what did he go to under the bush on the obama administration all the way to one point three trillion and by year's sitting in a row that was that was there a limit on what is the hill your number five is going to be you still haven't addressed my bill williams. the republicans not only are doing it but bragging about doing it that they are trying to destroy this president so i don't recall democrats and probably way that's because you have selective memory is like you know what i haven't heard from chris yet so you know what that. i don't know how often your viewers or you actually listen to conservative talk radio or conservative t.v. but we have been very clear that we are opposed to his ideas and not him as an individual but that we oppose things like government takeover of one sixth of our economy we are opposed to a president you know saying i can
was one who pulled it was two hundred deficit will for what it was when bush razi zero it went from zero zero under all the way up to one hundred zero under bill clinton yes and during that went from zero flowed way up to four hundred what did he go to under the bush on the obama administration all the way to one point three trillion and by year's sitting in a row that was that was there a limit on what is the hill your number five is going to be you still haven't addressed my bill williams....
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. >>> president obama declaring an end to the war on budget deficits and pledging to fight the deficit of opportunity for the poor and middle class. in a speech wednesday on his economic priorities, the president said the federal deficit is under control and doesn't present a serious threat to the economy. he focused on the gap between the rich and the poor and making the case for raising the minimum wage to more than $10. while extending unemployment benefits. >> we know that we're going to have greater and greater portion of our people in the service sector and we know that there are airport workers and fast food workers and nurse assistants and retail salespeople who work their tails off and are still living at or barely above poverty and that is why it's well past the time to raise a minimum wage that in real terms right now is below it was than when harry truman was in office. >> republican leaders quickly took issue with the president's poach. house speaker john boehner suggesting the president's policies created the very problems that he described. >> meanwhile republicans and d
. >>> president obama declaring an end to the war on budget deficits and pledging to fight the deficit of opportunity for the poor and middle class. in a speech wednesday on his economic priorities, the president said the federal deficit is under control and doesn't present a serious threat to the economy. he focused on the gap between the rich and the poor and making the case for raising the minimum wage to more than $10. while extending unemployment benefits. >> we know that...
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the deficit has just exploded. the pope actually blamed income and equality, and rush limbaugh quickly denounced the pope saying, quote, this is just pure marxism out of the mouth of the pope. who is right? >> you've got to look to the state of utah. i don't know what it is in california. i think it's 8.7% or so, and you look at what we're doing, we have a responsible government, we have a predictable regulatory environment. we do a good job of educating the kids. we have a good tax break. we're doing all the things -- >> it sounds like you're agreeing with the pope then? >> you look at the result, we have less disparity in the income that can most any other state. we would love to have the pope. he can come to provo anytime. >> you have a deep and personal passion about helping the poor, and i suspect you resonated deeply with pope francis ooze comments which were very powerful and compelling in many ways, but i'm puzzled. wise in the last 30 years we've had dramatic economic growth. i was very fortunate i was the
the deficit has just exploded. the pope actually blamed income and equality, and rush limbaugh quickly denounced the pope saying, quote, this is just pure marxism out of the mouth of the pope. who is right? >> you've got to look to the state of utah. i don't know what it is in california. i think it's 8.7% or so, and you look at what we're doing, we have a responsible government, we have a predictable regulatory environment. we do a good job of educating the kids. we have a good tax...
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fiscal deficit. [ applause ] so that's step one towards restoring mobility. making sure our economy is growing faster. step two is making sure we empower more americans with the skills and education they need to compete in a highly competitive global economy. we know that education is the most important predictor of income today. so we launched a race to the top in our schools. we're supporting states that have raised standards for teaching and learning. we're pushing for redesigned high schools that graduate more kids with the technical training and apprenticeships and in-demand high-tech skills that can lead to a good job and a middle-class life. we know it's harder to find a job today without some higher education, so we've helped more students go to college with grants and loans that go farther than before. we've made it more practical to repay those loans and today more students are graduating from college than ever before. we're also pursuing an aggressive strategy to promote innovation that reins in tuition cost. we have a lower cost so young people ar
fiscal deficit. [ applause ] so that's step one towards restoring mobility. making sure our economy is growing faster. step two is making sure we empower more americans with the skills and education they need to compete in a highly competitive global economy. we know that education is the most important predictor of income today. so we launched a race to the top in our schools. we're supporting states that have raised standards for teaching and learning. we're pushing for redesigned high...
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in the fiscal year, the deficit as a percentage of g.d.p. dropped by 37%. there are still some challenges for the u.s. economy. but the current -- if the only thing congress does right now is to get out of the way, that itself would be progress. and that's our show for today on tuesday, the winners and losers in wall street annual bonus sweep stakes, in for ali valshi, thank you for joining us. homeowners, one minute home he is. what is going on. talk rabbiting numbers we have more homeless school age kids in america than ever before. >> right. >> so we have to have a whole new conversation about american
in the fiscal year, the deficit as a percentage of g.d.p. dropped by 37%. there are still some challenges for the u.s. economy. but the current -- if the only thing congress does right now is to get out of the way, that itself would be progress. and that's our show for today on tuesday, the winners and losers in wall street annual bonus sweep stakes, in for ali valshi, thank you for joining us. homeowners, one minute home he is. what is going on. talk rabbiting numbers we have more homeless...
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the program is running a deficit. able toecurity is receive sufficient funding by cashing in the bonds it has in that is anund, but expense to the treasury which has to come up with the money to cover those bond payments into social security. the bottom line is it is part of the federal budget. we have not privatized the system. the money is accounted for separately. the government is not going to default on the money it owes to social security or to the medicare part a trust fund. host: bob is on our line for and dependents. -- for independents. caller: reducing some of the so sex expenses of means testing -- of the social security's of means testing. 50,000, and increasing the social security age by one year. thank you. guest: i think that sounds like a pretty good plan. i would vote for it. i think the long-term problems of social security have to be addressed by some combination of reduced benefits and that does not mean reduced absolute benefits, and new revenue. i think the combination you probably is where thin
the program is running a deficit. able toecurity is receive sufficient funding by cashing in the bonds it has in that is anund, but expense to the treasury which has to come up with the money to cover those bond payments into social security. the bottom line is it is part of the federal budget. we have not privatized the system. the money is accounted for separately. the government is not going to default on the money it owes to social security or to the medicare part a trust fund. host: bob is...
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the budget is the most eminent issue, and we do have a structural budget deficit in the city, so we need to deal, of course, with the short-term balancing our budget in a way that does not decimate city services that people rely on, but also to address our long- term structural budget deficit, and that means implementing some budget reforms. smooth out our budget process so it is not a boom/bust kind of budget. reforming our pension system and retiree health care system so that they are stable. we do a decent job providing low-income housing. we do a terrible job providing housing for low or middle class and middle-class people, people who are working and paying taxes that we need to have here for a functioning economy, so i am looking for ways to try to fund that, particularly for essential employees like teachers, nurses, first responders. projects coming up in the city like the renovation of dolores park, which is a once in 50 years opportunity to define what the park is and what changes we want to make to it. that will be a very significant projects. [inaudible] when was the last tim
the budget is the most eminent issue, and we do have a structural budget deficit in the city, so we need to deal, of course, with the short-term balancing our budget in a way that does not decimate city services that people rely on, but also to address our long- term structural budget deficit, and that means implementing some budget reforms. smooth out our budget process so it is not a boom/bust kind of budget. reforming our pension system and retiree health care system so that they are stable....
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in the fiscal year, the deficit as a percentage of g.d.p. dropped by 37%. there are still some challenges for the u.s. economy. but the current -- if the only thing congress does right now is to get out of the way, that itself would be progress. and that's our show for today on tuesday, the winners and losers in wall street annual bonus sweep stakes, in for ali valshi, thank you for joining us. [ singing ] >> a day of remembrance and celebrations. tens of thousands gather to honour the life of nelson mandela. >> hello, i'm here at the f.n.b. stadium in soweto, where the world is paying its respects to nelson mandela. >> hello, live from doha withage of the memorial service. more than
in the fiscal year, the deficit as a percentage of g.d.p. dropped by 37%. there are still some challenges for the u.s. economy. but the current -- if the only thing congress does right now is to get out of the way, that itself would be progress. and that's our show for today on tuesday, the winners and losers in wall street annual bonus sweep stakes, in for ali valshi, thank you for joining us. [ singing ] >> a day of remembrance and celebrations. tens of thousands gather to honour the...
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it was the highest deficit in history. when i asked him about tapering, he said anything that's good for the u.s. economy is necessarily going to be good for the israeli economy. they're the largest trading partner with israel and the e.u. is second. the conciliatory tone is one that we heard him talking about tehran. we're hearing it from the gulf states as well. you have the gulf arabs as well as the israelis, they're kicking at the traces but in the end they realize they're still pulling the same cart, which is the cart of the u.s. foreign policy so they have to get on board at some point. later this week in bahrain, foreign ministers from the united states, from the u.k., gulf states, egypt will be meeting and sitting down. they invited their iranian counterpart as well. we can learn more about how this agreement is going to play out. >> yeah. so we'll have to see how that plans out, hadley. another follow-up. cutting things, that's interesting when we're wondering what was going to happen with iran. >> exactly. he gav
it was the highest deficit in history. when i asked him about tapering, he said anything that's good for the u.s. economy is necessarily going to be good for the israeli economy. they're the largest trading partner with israel and the e.u. is second. the conciliatory tone is one that we heard him talking about tehran. we're hearing it from the gulf states as well. you have the gulf arabs as well as the israelis, they're kicking at the traces but in the end they realize they're still pulling the...
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much more important than the fiscal deficit, the yearly fiscal deficit in this country which he points out is actually shrchging in his administration john. >> point out, this issue about the young people are disappointed with president and congress. >> part of the obama coalition that got him elected twice is young people, so-called millennials. folks at harvard has a unit that polled these folks. 18 to 25, bad news for the president, festival his approval rating down to 41%. that is a reflection of the population at large but down 11% since just this spring. and john earlier the president did some work to shore up the forecast, the so-called -- shore up the rveght affordable care a% of millennials disapprove of the affordable care act. have no plans to sign up. that's disappointing news. >> the numbers behind inequality could be surprising for many. jonathan betz has a closer look at what the president says is an economic inequality gap. >> simply put the poor are getting poorer and the rich are getting richer. first off, what does this mean? the median income for an american househo
much more important than the fiscal deficit, the yearly fiscal deficit in this country which he points out is actually shrchging in his administration john. >> point out, this issue about the young people are disappointed with president and congress. >> part of the obama coalition that got him elected twice is young people, so-called millennials. folks at harvard has a unit that polled these folks. 18 to 25, bad news for the president, festival his approval rating down to 41%. that...
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closee never had anything to such a sustained job deficit after any recent downturn. said in opposition to an extension that the federal emergency unemployment compensation program was adopted for extraordinary circumstances that are disappearing. no. no. these extraordinary circumstances continue, as indicated in the report issued just this morning by president obama's council of economic advisers. it highlights that the current long-term unemployment rate is at least twice as high as it was at the expiration of every previous extended ui benefit program. the extraordinary circumstances continue. the report also sets out the economic impact of a failure to act. and otherwith cbo economists. allowing the federal ui program to expire will cost our economy at least 200,000 jobs next year because of reduced consumer demand. ignore thengress to national economic impact would be shortsighted. to ignore the human, the individual human impact would be coldhearted. that is not the better nation -- the better nature of our nation. congress. this thank you. >> thank you very mu
closee never had anything to such a sustained job deficit after any recent downturn. said in opposition to an extension that the federal emergency unemployment compensation program was adopted for extraordinary circumstances that are disappearing. no. no. these extraordinary circumstances continue, as indicated in the report issued just this morning by president obama's council of economic advisers. it highlights that the current long-term unemployment rate is at least twice as high as it was...
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talk about a deficit. we will see if we have anything that has not been leaked to the market. we have a statement and there is a bit in this statement. joining later with the details. >> we have the forecast from the ecb >> it is higher. do not expect that from the ecb. the rate policy could go and it surprised everyone. is that the ecb has more work to do. >> we have corporate news. >> keep a look on the luxury markets. it could go a little bit higher. shares and weo .5 see it down. it is more luxurious. it is dependent on europe. and it is in the wholesale market. you let's go to our international correspondent. gaining mobile may be state approval for a new license. that could mean assets and 8 million subscribers. the next month, the iphone is on sale. >> thank you so much. a center and a stamp of approval from regulators in china. general motors is rolling chevrolet. out andputting a note charges 700 million in to the european companies. it is focusing on this. we will have more on this car sector later today you have the statement and a little bit of luxury. >> it is bus
talk about a deficit. we will see if we have anything that has not been leaked to the market. we have a statement and there is a bit in this statement. joining later with the details. >> we have the forecast from the ecb >> it is higher. do not expect that from the ecb. the rate policy could go and it surprised everyone. is that the ecb has more work to do. >> we have corporate news. >> keep a look on the luxury markets. it could go a little bit higher. shares and weo .5...
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training sites which are often protected and many nato member states are sitting in silence oh five deficit the military training areas throughout europe and north america are among the richest and most important sites will find deficit the often because they are that it's not open to the general . but also because environmental awareness and whites tactical use of natural resources is encouraged among soldiers military training areas are increasingly recognized as sites of hype by a diversity large numbers of threatened and endangered species exports from india its beans and nine. listen to it in fooling you into watching it in two thousand that the ufc is the main import of indian spices contributed sixteen points and up until the next week that you like dirt bikes i know that nine percent annually and maybe share each week six but since it's sunday a baby on the menu she jumped on singapore and the uk i don't need to destinations for beginning sports it is at the european union to open them on this amenable to the ongoing suffering debt crisis and four great books despite these problems
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it's a no go said unions would stop by the deal would address concerns i have a budget deficits in the company's pension scheme the appeal. it could end up going to build up in the defined benefit scheme. i was a critical of any leaves that will be that is the necessity of industrial action. that's a relief to be put into deals. what we had to take action to defend the members' rights we did so with honesty of comics ftp and we want. my sisters and friends know can expect to his beliefs but its effect to say the boppy have now is that it's a sort of opposing piece that went to st nicks and china. i mean secondly the unions did get an acknowledgment from the esb that this is a defined benefit scheme that was important than people in acknowledgment that if the deficit doesn't rise in future it to be hunted in the way it has been upped to head up to now a restoration of the status quo if you like what is on here is what impact this is going to hop on the esb accounts because the esb issued a statement last night saying that it would result in no additional liability on the esb on etsy now
it's a no go said unions would stop by the deal would address concerns i have a budget deficits in the company's pension scheme the appeal. it could end up going to build up in the defined benefit scheme. i was a critical of any leaves that will be that is the necessity of industrial action. that's a relief to be put into deals. what we had to take action to defend the members' rights we did so with honesty of comics ftp and we want. my sisters and friends know can expect to his beliefs but its...